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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
GETTING VALUE OUTOF FODDER

A Chatauqua county, n. Y, farmer
tells the Rural New Yorker how he gets
the best value out of his corn-fodder ::
When corn has passed the glazed stage,
it will then do to secure from frOsts.
The best way have ever seen to handle
corn is to cut it up at the root and put it
into stooks-about 20 hills to the stock
leaving it to stand until dry enough to
husk. When husked, it is bound into
bundles of about two to stook-or ten
stocks of from six to ten bundles, being
firmly tied at the top and left to cure.
When thoroughly dried they are drawn
to the barn and placed in standing po-
sition on the hay, straw or scaffods. If
there is not sufficient barn Dom they are
stacked around IA pole II to l6 feet high,
set in the ground, the tops to the center
and always kept the highest, so the rain
storms of fall and winter will not beat
into the stack. This is securely capped.
so the stalks when fed come out as bright
and sweet as when put into the stack.
When winter has fairly set in and fodder
ing has become steady, always feed on
ly twice day, and one bundle of stocks to
creature is always allowed for one feed,
with little grain or few roots. never
feed hay and stalks together, or on the
same day. When using up my stocks
my cattle are confined to them I'M
til all are gone, and my mich cows al
ways produce more and better milk than
when fed upon the best quality of clover
hay, and the butter made from the milk
is of nearly as fine flavor and color as
September-made butter, and every way
superior to that made from the milk pro-
duced when cows are fed upon the finest
timothy hay. One acre of corn-fodder,
if nicely secured, will produce more feed
than the average acre of hay cut upon
any farm know of, and the butter pro-
duced from cows fed on it will bring two
cents to three cents per pound more than
hay butter. When cattle are fed exclu-
sively on corn-fodder, with little grain
or roots, they consume all but few of
the large woody butts. | know of some
farmers who chop all their corn-stalks
and steam with meal, and with very fat
tering results as to milk and flesh. Well
cured, bright corn-fodder is an excellent
feed for horse whose wind is affected.
In some few cases | have known it to
make the bowels so loose that it had to
be dispensed with. The farmer who is
negligent of his corn-fodder is, in my
opinion, leaving one leak in his feeding
! trough that needs closing up.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
Zachary TaylOr's Simplicity.

President Taylor was probably the only
president to whom the presidency was an
uncoveted and unsought for boon. Mrs.
Taylor was so averse to public life that it
was said she prayed every night during
his candidacy for his defeat, and when
told of his election said Why could
they not let us alone? we are so happy
here Why do they want to drag us to
Washington" Who that ever saw Gen.
Taylor at a levee could forget him? He
grasped every new conner cordially by the
hand. and saluted all, high and low, old
maids brides, young girls, all with the
words. Glad to see you! Glad to see
you How's your family? Hope the
children are all well" His greeting was
almost equal to Rips toast: Here's to
you and your family. May you live long
and prospect He hardly ever opened
his mouth without making a mistake,
and people laughed heartily. Still they
loved him, trusted his judgment, and
knew his heart and hand were true as
steel; and when he died the whole ma
ton was mourner at his grave.-Ben:
Perley Poore.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
A Peculiar Wood In NeXadH.

A Nevada paper describes remarkable
kind of wood which is said to grow there.
The trees do not grow large. tree with
a trunk about foot in diameter being
much above the average. When dry the
wood is about as hard MS lockwood. and,
being of very fine grain. might no
doubt be used for the same purposes. 1t
is of rich red color, and very heavy.
When well seasoned it would he fine
material for the wood carver. In the
early days it was used for making boxes,
for shafting. and in few instances for
shoes and dies in quartz batteries, Used
as fuel it creates an intense heat. 1t
burns with blaze as long as ordinary
wood would last, and is then found, al
most unchanged in form, converted into
charcoal that lasts twice as long as ordi-
nary wood. For fuel a cord of it brings
the same price as a ton of coal. Unfor-
tunately, it burns out stoves faster than
any kind of coal.-Boston Budget.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
How Music Boxes Are Made.

The principle of manufacture is SIM
pie. The different parts comprise brass
roller studded with fine points of the
hardest steel. steel comb, the teeth of
which give the sounds, spring to give
the revolving motion to the cyclinder and
a fly wheel OF fan to regulate the revolv-
ing motion. The music has first to be
arranged by thorough artist. The CYL
inder which comes from the machine
shop is then placed in the hands of
woman, who, with the aid of the music
and very ingenious machine, marks the
places on the cylinder where the points
are to be inserted. Another person drills
all the little holes, and another inserts the
points. The cylinder is then filled with
molten cement and then placed on lathe
and revolved quickly. The cement adj
heres to the inside surface and thus holds
the points. A hole is left in the center of
the cylinder for the axis. The points are
then filed down so as to be of equal
length. The comb is tuned by tuner,
who first files the teeth without
excessive care, to give them the
proper flexibility, and then files
them near the base to lower the tones
and near the point to sharpen the
tones. The operation of fastening the
cylinder and comb to the bed plate re-
quires much accuracy so that the points
of the cylinder and the comb will ex-
actly meet A woman following the
music then bends the points on the cylin-
der slightly forward in order to secure
more strength. but more especially to
make the cords drop simultaneously and
cause the runs or roulades to play evenly.
Size in music boxes increases both
their volumes and their richness in tone.
A cylinder ten inches long can be made
to play six, eight, ten or twelve airs
well, but it will play six or eight airs
better and with more sweetness and har-
mony of sound than it can be made to
play greater number. The reason of
this is that more points on the cylinder
and more teeth in the comb can he used
for each air if there are fewer airs. The
space between the teeth decreases with
the number of airs. If the cylinder is
increased in diameter the airs may be
prolonged. A music box is like watch.
1t will last lifetime if it is good to begin
with, and is treated we'll and with care.
Most owners of music boxes object to
using them except for company. The
fact is, music box should be used every
day. just as a watch should be wound up
every day .-Jewelry News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
Chinese Burial Customs.

Rites to the dead make up large part
of d Chinaman's religion. In the spring
they visit the graveyards, carrying food
and wine, and burn incense and utter
prayers over the graves. In the autumn
the same ceremony is repeated, only in
stead of food paper clothes and rolls of
tissue paper, representing fabrics of
linen, silk and cotton, as well DIS what is
known as tai pin pc, or large fiat
money" are substituted for the food If
wine is offered, part is poured out and
thrown backward toward the right. These
burial customs are much the same here as
in China-owing to the l Hing-and
often consume large part of their saw
ings. The people of Shining often put
pack of cards-Chinese, of course-upon
the coffin as a charm against evil spirits
No symbol of mourning is worn for those
who die in America. For the death of a
parent in China they plat blue cord in
the queue or wear blue shoes for certain
period. New York Commercial Adver-
tiSer,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
Sarm Copies.
AN AGRICULTURAL REACTION,

A Vermont town clerk has just received
farms may be bought in the officials town.
The Western man intends to sell out and
settle in Vermont, believing that he can
thereby have larger and surer income.
This purpose to change the scene of farm
ing work, moreover, is formed in State
which, by the census of 1880, had over
1000, 900 acres of land used for farms,
valued in round numbers, at S56S, 000, 900,
while the new home would be in a State
whose farm area in the year mentioned
was 4 1872, 5SS acres, valued 500, 346,010.
This authentic instance of looking to
New England for good agricultural re-
suits may fairly be taken as token that
the rush for the West is one day to be
succeeded by a reaction. Deserted New
England will begin to blossom in the
minds eye of the small farmer, crowded
out by rich and large agricultural opera
tors in the fertile West. The small capt.
tai, it will be seen, stands better chance
in a rural Eastern community, not to
speak of the social and educational adj
vantages that the old home may offer.
The middle-aged man who forsook his
ancestral acres in New England, fairly
dazzled by the prospect of an easy way
to wealth in the reckoning West,
come back, glad to cultivate the fields he
despised, for the glamour is gone.
Ropapt observations in nartaip hill
towns in western Massachusetts showed
that the tide had turned. An appreciable
degree of reoccupation where there had
been deserted homesteads was noted. The
general depressed feeling has given way
to some hopefulness. The worst. it was
evident, had been faced. Land given
over as scarcely worth cultivation was
receiving more generous treatment.
1t is safe to call these typical cases and
to predict that the retreat from the Eastern
States. as from a centre of agricultural
adversely, will be seen to have been I'M
necessary, at least to the recorded extent.
One reason for this reaction has already
been suggested, namely, the survival of
tne TlclleSl au lne expense OF tlle small
farmers. Another reason may be traced
to the volume of summer travel from the
West to New England. Sentiment doubt
less plays its part in the reconstruction of
decaying homesteads, but few Americans
lose sight of the main chance. The acute
Westerner sees money as well as a repute
for family affection coming from dealing
literally with the old home acres. He
begins to wonder what his youthful esti-
mate of sterile land had for its basis. In
due time model farm yields its increase.
Profitable farming, he finds, can be done
in the East.
1t is short-sighted policy which as
signs New England farming invariably
to the losing occupations. Every return
ing New Highlander certifies to this fact.
The individual reaction points at least
to the tendency to agricultural consider
alton. 1t is even possible that Western
Young men may yet hear the injunction
to $50 East Boston Advertiser.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23

In a recent letter to daily paper, a
correspondent states that he has made
twenty-six trips or fifty-two tours across
the Atlantic, and has, in every instance
except the last, suffered very much from
seasickness. On this last trip he had
with him rubber bag, twelve inches
long and four inches wide, the mouth of
which was closed by an iron clamp.
This he filled with small pieces of ice,
and applied to the spine at the base of
the brain for half to three-quaaters of an
hour every morning. 1t had a most
soothing effect, and L. enjoyed every
hour and every meal.-Boston Budget.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23

Positively the first thing to accomplish
in the study of descriptive style is the
complete elimination Of the writer's in
dividuality. With the first instructions
of the city editor to the new man: Write
your copy on one side of the sheet only"
comes this prohibition; ION no account
use the pronoun T." That is the terse
way III which the city editor says ELM
mate yonr individuality, and it may
seem for a moment as if 1t were alto
gether unnecessary that should ca1 at
tention to it. But the avoidance of the
first person IN narration il the slightest
step toward suppressing ones person
ality.
We UNist prevent our views from find
ing expression, or from coiorinQ our
work. That this Is no easy task we all
know, and that few succeed in accom-
plishing it, is made evident by the re-
mark made to me not long ago by a
well known and successful journalist of
New York: There is not one newspaper
man IN hundred who can do real de-
scripive work" This was a candid, de-
hberate Judgment based ON twenty years
experience. 1t is essential, then. to the
unmoved observer of events, never
to be participant IN Them to see
things exactly as they are without re-
gard to possible motives which may have
produced them. 1t is not our business
to deal with motives, but rather to pre-
sent mems acts, gestures, dress. appear
ance, SO graphically that the reader will
be melted to supply such motive as may
suit his own bias. F. r. Burton in The
Writer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
Farms for Sale
In Hancock, Addison County, Vermont.
WO FAR MS.

Both being on the stage road leading from
Hancock to Middlebury. The first farm is
located one mile west OF Hancock village,
known as the Robbins Farm, containing about
two hundred and forty acres OF land, n large
two story house and wood shed; two large
barns, old, but in very good repair; running
water 10 the house and barns; a large apple
orchard and nice sugar bush of four hun
dred trees; fences in good repair; land in
good condition; wood and saving timber in
abundance within half u mile of a saw mill.
The other farm is three miles from the vii
lage, and contains about sixty-fve acres OF
land; good house and ell part Tor kitchens
also wood shed adjoining the house and a
good barn and sheep barn connected by a
shed, also n dry house and running water TO
the house and barns. Buildings all in good
condition; a good apple orchard also a splen-
did sugar bush of four hundred maple trees.
Any one looking to- home should examine
these places before purchasing elsewhere. as
they must and will be sold at "A bargain. En-
quire of the undersigned for further particu-
lars. Titles perfect.
l2.tt &. NJ. ROBBINS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
An English Salt Mine,

The exploration for salt at the Imperial
Iron works, South Bank, near Middles-
brough for Mr., Coulthard, of London
has just been completed. One bed of
salt, eightytwo feet thick, was pene-
trated. and parting of anhydrous gyp
sum bored through into another bed OF
salt, fourteen feet thick. AS the bottom
of the salt measures has not been reached,
there is the possibility of other beds of
salt existing. The total depth of the
brine well is 1902 feet.-Scientific Ameri-
can.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
Where the Water Come. from.

Analysis of Brooklyn milk show that
the average article is adulterated 10 per
cent. with water, These nlilkmen de-
fend themselves by saying that the
farmer puts a piece of ice in the can, and
when that melts the dealer has to put in
another, and 30 ON, until the water
reaches to the percentage found.-Chi-
cago Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23

them firm yet creamy. For a palmer
form of scrambled eggs, melt the butter
and salt, emitting herbs and onion, beat
teacupful of milk, and stir steadily till
the mixture thickens, serving on slices of
soft toast. This may be varied by adding
spoonful or two of finely chopped ham
or tongue. Il Helen Campbell.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23

Some queer things are seen in the
veterinary hospital of Philadelphia.
Among others are pigs easy CHAIR. a
padded cell for lunatic horse, Turkish
bath, and a swinging harness in which a
horse may live or die without bearing
any weight on his legs. Scientific
American.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-23

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"wE HASTILY GATHERED AROUND HIN

"wE HASTILY GATHERED AROUND HIM.
"'It's all day with me, boys said be,
family, tor he was growing weaker every
moment, but Pve paid 'em handsomely
for 1t. Give my rife to Cotton, always
liked him.
1--WE bent over the poor fellow with
words of sympathy for his pain and OF
praise for his bravery, and our enemies
might have shot US all down without our
knowing it. But 1t was of no use. His
breath came and went quickly.
"'WaJer,' he moaned. family.
1--WE had none, and there was none
nearer than the river at least a mile
away. An Indian girl heard his cry and
ran to the lodge and soon came back with
skinful. We placed the cooling liqui id
to his burning lips and he took a long
draught, but 1t choked him and he vomit-
ed up a handful OF bright red blood. We
knew what that meant. AS soon as he
could clear his throat he said ieebly:
"'Don't try to revenge me, boys.
They've done the fair thing by us. You'll
have to cross the bluffs and Pill. Think
OF me once in while when you're safe
on the other side and Drospering.'
THE last words were rendered almost
unintelligible by the blood that gurgled
uD into his throat. A film gathered over
his eyes.
"'Where are you, boys! don't leave me
to die alone,' he moaned, clutching blindly
atus.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-27
r than that he said nothing.

nen we reached thu battle ground
we iound several hundred Sioux await
n tnH US. TWO lances we're stuck up ABOUT
~ PAGES apart. These marked the pos,-
IONS Oh The combatants. Frank walked
SSaImiy upto thFnearest lance and halted
s9on after toll young brave stepped out
VI Inc crowd aud stslked proudly up TO
.ne otnsr lance. | was to give The sig
mas stood midway between The N and
ne0 IN my hand lance, to. which was
SItached red flannel streamer. When
raised 1t they wero TO take aim: wnep /
io"ered 1t they were to fire.
4, can never forget that scene. The
mr-haired young Minnesotian leaned mis-
SnIh uEon mis- hand, on the muzzle OF his
.umg flne, and looked steadily az Mis- foe
WIN dangerous CLEAN In his niue ewes
Was reckless OF his own life and felt
Tpie oI ms prey, for his, aim was death.
sr mo Souug indian, standing erect, with a
s''lul, careless ease, looked dreainlly
70 the southward, where The crooked
ytect hno That marked the course OF The
M WAS lost In the misty beauty of the
nvlA'h. Ills Taco Was Hinged with pen.
sVe "Hcness. Was he thinking OF the
happy hunting groundsy
the seened ike murder 10 me to give
mo sishai, but had To do II. raised nv
nanu. They both took steady aim. /
io",u " quickly. and two sharp raports
ws,ssss'nlane0usly followed. The Young
"arrlor spran wildly into tho air tbra,s
des,, nc ne lully 20 feet away aud dropped
us Dost. The bullet had crashed